Mississippian NP60

Format:

Website/Database

Contributor:

Human Relations Area Files, Inc.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mississippian culture--United States.

Mississippian culture.

Indians of North America--Antiquities.

Indians of North America.

Prehistoric peoples--United States.

Prehistoric peoples.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Mississippi River Valley.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Excavations (Archaeology)--Alabama--Moundville.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Illinois--Cahokia.

Antiquities.

Mississippi River Valley--Antiquities.

Mississippi River Valley.

Moundville (Ala.)--Antiquities.

Moundville (Ala.).

Cahokia (Ill.)--Antiquities.

Cahokia (Ill.).

Illinois--Cahokia.

Alabama--Moundville.

United States.

Contained In:

eHRAF Archaeology

Place of Publication:

New Haven, Conn. Human Relations Area Files 2009-

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This collection of 45 documents, all in English, discuss the Mississippian tradition in the central Mississippi river valley from approximately the Gulf of Mexico to its junction with the Rock River in Illinois, and south from the Ohio River to north Florida and the Atlantic coast. The time span for this tradition ranges from 1100 B.P. 500 B.P. (900 A.D. - 1500 A.D.). Two documents provide a comprehensive general overview of Mississippian culture in the southeastern United States. Anderson deals with a number of Savannah River chiefdoms of the Mississippian tradition, and Milner gives the reader a view of what life was probably like in the Cahokia-dominated Mississippian period society based on an analysis of old and obscure works, unpublished field notes, and museum collections. Several generations of regional archaeologists have used Cahokia as the focal point for all Mississippi-period research in the Upper Mississippi River valley, yet it is one of the least-known archaeological manifestations in the area. Several works in this collection deal with the role of Cahokia in the cultural development of various regional Mississippian groups. These include Hall, Woods and Holley, Kelley, Emerson, and Moffat. Moundville, a Mississippian site in Alabama composed of 20 mostly platform mounds and numerous burials, forms the basis of several studies including Peebles, Knight and Steponaitis, Steponaitis, Knight, Scarry, Powell, Schoeninger and Schurr, Welch, and Michals. Other topics covered include settlement systems, and Mississippian communities and households

Contents:

Savannah River chiefdoms David G. Anderson Emergence of the Vincennes culture in the lower Wabash drainage Robert J. Barth Kincaid revisited Brian M. Butler Middle Mississippian cultures of the central Illinois river valley Lawrence A. Conrad Apple River Mississippian culture of northwestern Illinois Thomas E. Emerson Some perspectives on Cahokia and the northern Mississippian expansion Thomas E. Emerson Patterns of Late Woodland/Mississippian interaction in the lower Illinois valley drainage Kenneth B. Farnsworth, Thomas E. Emerson, and Rebecca Miller Glenn Middle Mississippian presence in Minnesota Guy E. Gibbon Ancient Aztalan Lynne G. Goldstein and John D. Richards Cahokia identity and interaction models of Cahokia Mississippian Robert L. Hall Comments on subsistence, seasonality, and site function at upland subsidiaries in the Spoon River area Alan D. Harn Lamar period upland farmsteads of the Oconee River Valley, Georgia James W. Hatch Mississippian homestead and village subsistence organization H. Edwin Jackson and Susan L. Scott Cahokia and its role as a gateway center in interregional exchange John E. Kelley Moundville as a diagrammatic ceremonial center Vernon James Knight Jr. New history of Moundville Vernon James Knight Jr. and Vincas P. Steponaitis Early Mississippian Period in the confluence region and its northern relationship R. Barry Lewis Mark W. Mehrer and James M. Collins Oliver site and Early Moundville I Phase economic organization Lauren M. Michals Cahokia chiefdom George R. Milner Toward an explanation of variation in Moundville Phase households in the Black Warrior Valley, Alabama Tim S. Mistovich Mississippian in the upper Kaskaskia Valley Charles R. Moffat Mississippian political economy Jon Muller Mississippian sociocultural adaptation Jon Muller and Jeanette E. Stephens Social differentiation in Mississippian and Fort Ancient societies John P. Nass, Jr. and Richard W. Yerkes Tradition summary, Mississippian Peter N. Peregrine and John Beierle Of time and the river Mary Lucas Powell Human-plant interactions and cultural change in the American Bottom David Rindos and Sissel Johannessen Archaeological analysis of domestic organization J. Daniel Rogers Dispersed communities and integrated households J. Daniel Rogers Domestic life on the northwest riverbank at Moundville C. Margaret Scarry Apalachee homesteads John F. Scarry Human subsistence at Moundville Margaret J. Schoeninger and Mark R. Schurr Analysis of single-household Mississippian settlements Bruce D. Smith Population trends at Moundville Vincas P. Steponaitis Mississippian household and community organization in eastern Tennessee Lynne P. Sullivan Models of Mississippian culture history in the western prairie peninsula Joseph A. Tiffany Outlying sites within the Moundville chiefdom Paul D. Welch Chiefly compounds Mark Williams Upland Mississippian settlement in the American Bottom Region William I. Woods and George R. Holley

Notes:

Online resource; title from Web page (viewed Apr. 27, 2011)

This portion of eHRAF archaeology was released in 2009

Includes bibliographical references

Contains:

Anderson, David G., 1949- Savannah River chiefdoms:political change in the late prehistoric Southeast

Barth, Robert J. Emergence of the Vincennes culture in the lower Wabash drainage

Butler, Brian M. Kincaid revisited

Conrad, Lawrence Allan. Middle Mississippian cultures of the central Illinois river valley

Emerson, Thomas E., 1945- Apple River Mississippian culture of northwestern Illinois

Emerson, Thomas E., 1945- Some perspectives on Cahokia and the northern Mississippian expansion

Farnsworth, Kenneth B. Patterns of Late Woodland/Mississippian interaction in the lower Illinois valley drainage:a view from Starr Village

Gibbon, Guy E., 1939- Middle Mississippian presence in Minnesota

Goldstein, Lynne. Ancient Aztalan

Hall, Robert L. Cahokia identity and interaction models of Cahokia Mississippian

Harn, Alan D. Comments on subsistence, seasonality, and site function at upland subsidiaries in the Spoon River area

Hatch, James W. Lamar period upland farmsteads of the Oconee River Valley, Georgia

Jackson, H. Edwin. Mississippian homestead and village subsistence organization

Kelley, John E. Cahokia and its role as a gateway center in interregional exchange

Knight, Vernon J. Moundville as a diagrammatic ceremonial center

Knight, Vernon J. New history of Moundville

Lewis, R. Barry. Early Mississippian Period in the confluence region and its northern relationship

Mehrer, Mark. Household archaeology at Cahokia and in its hinterlands

Michals, Lauren M. Oliver site and Early Moundville I Phase economic organization

Milner, George R., 1953- Cahokia chiefdom

Mistovich, Tim S. Toward an explanation of variation in Moundville Phase households in the Black Warrior Valley, Alabama

Moffat, Charles R. (Charles Richard), 1949- Mississippian in the upper Kaskaskia Valley

Muller, Jon. Mississippian political economy

Muller, Jon. Mississippian sociocultural adaptation

Nass, John P. Social differentiation in Mississippian and Fort Ancient societies

Peregrine, Peter N. (Peter Neal), 1963- Tradition summary, Mississippian

Powell, Mary Lucas. Of time and the river

Rindos, David. Human-plant interactions and cultural change in the American Bottom

Rogers, J. Daniel. Archaeological analysis of domestic organization

Rogers, J. Daniel. Dispersed communities and integrated households

Scarry, C. Margaret. Domestic life on the northwest riverbank at Moundville

Scarry, John F. Apalachee homesteads

Schoeninger, Margaret J. Human subsistence at Moundville

Smith, Bruce D. (Bruce David), 1946- Analysis of single-household Mississippian settlements

Steponaitis, Vincas P. Population trends at Moundville

Sullivan, Lynne P. Mississippian household and community organization in eastern Tennessee

Tiffany, Joseph A., 1948- Models of Mississippian culture history in the western prairie peninsula

Welch, Paul D., 1955- Outlying sites within the Moundville chiefdom

Williams, J. Mark. Chiefly compounds

Woods, William I. Upland Mississippian settlement in the American Bottom Region

OCLC:

715620079

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